Visiting Professor (January 24-February 05, 2020): Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Academic Director (India) (2017-2021): Study Abroad Program in Global Health-Florida International University, Miami, USA & Public Health Research Institute of India, Mysore.
Honorary Adjunct Faculty (2009-2015): University of Iowa, USA (This recognition is an acknowledgment of the ‘centrality of my professional expertise to the mission of International Programs of the University of Iowa’).
Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowship (2011): To teach at the University of Iowa, USA during the Fall Semester-United States India Educational Foundation.
Action Research Project (2011): Research Fellowship awarded to Indian Faculty or members of civil society groups with demonstrated capacities of working towards empowerment of local communities-Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
Famous Past Fulbrighter (2009): One of the three former Fulbrighters from Karnataka featured in the section ‘Famous Past Fulbrighters’ in the United States Virtual Consulate, Bangalore.
Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellowship (2007): Fellowship awarded to select faculty from Indian Universities to carry out innovative research projects in Canada– Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Canada & Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
Seeing the Forest, the Trees and the People (2006): Two of my research initiatives among the forest dependent communities in the Western Ghats living in the Joida region of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka recognized as impact making projects in the website of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (www.sici.org).
Shastri Applied Research Project (2003-2006): Fellowship awarded to Indian and Canadian academics for carrying out collaborative research projects with a bi-national focus–Canadian International Development Agency & Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
CIDA-Shastri Partnership Project (1998-2001): Fellowship awarded to Indian and Canadian academics for carrying out collaborative research projects with a bi-national focus-Canadian International Development Agency & Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1991-1992): United States Educational Foundation in India.